Gary Alleven, 46, killed, after his pickup crashes into the back of a tractor-trailer, driven by Samuel Unruh, 25, on U.S. 56 near Hillsboro.

A 46-year-old Marion man was killed Monday morning when he crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck on U.S. 56 near Hillsboro, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.

A 46-year-old Marion man was killed Monday morning when he crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck on U.S. 56 near Hillsboro, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.

Gary Alleven was driving east on U.S. 56 at about 6:15 a.m. Monday when his Ford Fiesta struck the back of a semi-trailer truck that had turned into westbound lanes at Jade Road slightly more than a mile east of Hillsboro, according to the highway patrol. He died at the scene.

The driver of the semi, 25-year-old Samuel Unruh of Canton, was not injured.